August 24, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Inter Miami CF News Release
MIAMI – Inter Miami CF (17W-4L-5D, 56 points) earned a 2-0 win at home at Chase Stadium over FC Cincinnati tonight to clinch the team’s Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs berth with eight regular season fixtures to spare. Notably, Inter Miami became the third-fastest team to secure a spot in the postseason in a 34-game MLS season, doing so within just 26 games; Inter Miami joins LAFC (25 games in 2022 and 2019) and Cincinnati (26 in 2023). Additionally, forward Luis Suárez starred on the night, bagging a brace and breaking two Club records: his first goal was the fastest in team history and he also set a new record for most single-season goals across all competitions.
“The team did well…In terms of effort and sharpness of the team, in a match that to me seemed that when we were 11 against 11 and when we went down to 10-men, we managed it really well,” said head coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino.
Inter Miami took the field at Chase Stadium with captain Drake Callender in goal; Marcelo Weigandt, Tomás Avilés, Sergio Busquets, David Martínez and Jordi Alba made up the back five; Federico Redondo and Yannick Bright started in midfield; Diego Gómez and Matías Rojas flanked Suárez in attack.
The first historic moment of the match came just 31 seconds in, when Suárez broke two Club records with one goal. Weigandt and Bright played a swift one-two, freeing the Argentine right back down the right wing to whip a cross in for Suárez. The Uruguayan talisman calmly took a touch off his chest and fired a strike inside the near post to make it 1-0. The goal was the fastest in a match in Club history, and also set the new record for most single-season goals across all competitions for an Inter Miami player with 17. The assist, meanwhile, was the first for Weigandt since joining Inter Miami.
Just a few minutes later, Suárez continued his red-hot form, expanding on the record he just set. A quick transition move launched by Rojas saw nifty interplay between him and the striker, resulting in the creative Paraguayan player sliding a ball into the box for Suárez, whose first touch was another strike past the Cincinnati goalkeeper to make it 2-0 at Chase Stadium. The goal was Suárez’s 18th across all competitions for Inter Miami in 2024, and 14th in MLS play. The assist was Rojas’ third since joining the Club.
The action continued through the half, but the scoreline remained the same. First,…
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